Importantly, this enzymatically releasing gene surface has been proven to be safe and temporarily stable in blood flow owing to the biotin-avidin interaction to immobilize gene complexes on the inner surface of vascular grafts through the GPQGIWGQ-C peptide linker. It has the advantage of specifically adhering the ECs to the surface and smartly transfecting them with high transfection efficiency. The co-modified surface has been demonstrated to accelerate the luminal endothelialization in vivo, which might be attributed to the synergistic effect of REDV and effective gene transfection. Particularly, the intelligent and responsive gene release surface will open a new avenue to enhance the endothelialization of blood-contacting devices.Novel photoactive and enzymatically active nanomotors were developed for efficient organic pollutant degradation. The developed preparation route is simple and scalable. Light-absorbing polypyrrole nanoparticles were equipped with a bi-enzyme [glucose oxidase/catalase (GOx/Cat)] system enabling the simultaneous utilization of light and glucose as energy sources for jet-induced nanoparticle movement and active radical production. The GOx utilizes glucose to produce hydrogen peroxide, which is subsequently degraded by Cat, resulting in the generation of active radicals and/or oxygen bubbles that propel the particles. Uneven grafting of GOx/Cat molecules on the nanoparticle surface ensures inhomogeneity of peroxide creation/degradation, providing the nanomotor random propelling. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/vo-ohpic.html The nanomotors were tested for their ability to degrade chlorophenol, under various experimental conditions, that is, with and without simulated sunlight illumination or glucose addition. In all cases, degradation was accelerated by the presence of the self-propelled nanoparticles or light illumination. Light-induced heating also positively affects enzymatic activity, further accelerating nanomotor diffusion and pollutant degradation. In fact, the chemical and photoactivities of the nanoparticles led to more than 95% removal of chlorophenol in 1 h, without any external stirring. Finally, the quality of the purified water and the extent of pollutant removal were checked using an eco-toxicological assay, with demonstrated significant synergy between glucose pumping and sunlight illumination.Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery with a very high theoretical energy density (?2500 Wh kg-1) is a very promising alternative to the commercial lithium-ion battery as the next-generation energy storage device. However, the Li-S battery suffers from shuttle effect and Li dendrites growth due to the solubility of polysulfides in the electrolyte system and the inhomogeneous deposition of Li, resulting in short cycling life span, which is the major obstacle in its practical application. Herein, we report an additive, hexadecyltrioctylammonium iodide (HTOA-I), in the conventional electrolyte system, which shows trifunctional effect on extending Li-S battery cycle life. It can not only help us to form a protective solid-electrolyte interface (SEI) on the surface of Li anode so as to reduce the contact of polysulfides with Li but also hinder the shuttling of polysulfides to the Li anode due to the strong combination of large-sized HTOA+ with polysulfide anions (Sn2-), which retard the migration of Sn2- and cause homogeneous Li deposition owing to the large size and stronger trend of HTOA+ to be absorbed on Li anode as well. A new method of phosphorescence analysis for direct observation of polysulfides shuttling has been put forward for the first time, which can be further developed in future studies. The cell with the HTOA-I-added electrolyte system shows high cycling stability, retaining 83.4% of the initial capacity after 200 cycles at 1 A g-1 and achieving 689 mAh g-1 even after 1000 cycles. This cost-effective and facile approach will not increase the complexity of the battery manufacturing process. Compared to other electrolyte additives, the additive in our work, HTOA-I, has better positive effects on extending cycle life. This trifunctional electrolyte additive will inspire the design of other new additives and further promote the development of Li-S batteries.Increased levels of nitrate (NO3-) in the environment can be detrimental to human health. Herein, we report a robust, cost-effective, and scalable, hybrid material-based colorimetric/luminescent sensor technology for rapid, selective, sensitive, and interference-free in situ NO3- detection. These hybrid materials are based on a square-planar platinum(II) salt [Pt(tpy)Cl]PF6 (tpy = 2,2';6',2″-terpyridine) supported on mesoporous silica. The platinum salt undergoes a vivid change in color and luminescence upon exposure to aqueous NO3- anions at pH ? 0 caused by substitution of the PF6- anions by aqueous NO3-. This change in photophysics of the platinum salt is induced by a rearrangement of its crystal lattice that leads to an extended Pt???Pt???Pt interaction, along with a concomitant change in its electronic structure. Furthermore, incorporating the material into mesoporous silica enhances the surface area and increases the detection sensitivity. A NO3- detection limit of 0.05 mM (3.1 ppm) is achieved, which is sufficiently lower than the ambient water quality limit of 0.16 mM (10 ppm) set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The colorimetric/luminescence of the hybrid material is highly selective to aqueous NO3- anions in the presence of other interfering anions, suggesting that this material is a promising candidate for the rapid NO3- detection and quantification in practical samples without separation, concentration, or other pretreatment steps.Lithium-rich layered oxide (LLO) cathode materials are considered to be one of the most promising next-generation candidates of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries due to their high specific capacity. However, some inherent defects of LLOs hinder their practical application due to the oxygen loss and structure collapse resulting from intrinsic anion and cation redox reactions, such as poor cycle stability, sluggish Li+ kinetics, and voltage decay. Herein, we put forward a facile synergistic strategy to respond to these shortcomings of LLOs via dual-site doping with cerium (Ce) and boron (B) ions. The doped Ce ions occupy the octahedral sites, which not only enlarge the cell volume but also stabilize the layered framework and introduce abundant oxygen vacancies for LLOs, while B ions occupy the tetrahedral sites in the lattice, which block the migration path of transition metal (TM) ions and reduce the oxygen loss using the strong B-O bond. Based on this dual-site doping effect, after 100 cycles at 1 C, the dual-site doped materials exhibit excellent structural stability with a capacity retention of 91.